tostare

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See also: tostaré

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin tostare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /toˈsta.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: to‧stà‧re

Verb

tostàre (first-person singular present tòsto, first-person singular past historic tostài, past participle tostàto, auxiliary avére) (transitive)

  1. to roast (coffee, seeds, etc.)
  2. to toast (bread)
    Synonym: bruscare
  3. (slang) to thrash, to whip, to lick (to beat severely)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • tostare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • tostare in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

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Spanish

Verb

tostare

  1. first/third-person singular future subjunctive of tostar